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Women’s Rights: A Reading List for Adults
In honor of Women's History Month, we've selected titles focusing on the lives of women and girls throughout the past and into the present day. We hope these selections serve Read more...
Posted by Alex C. on March 15, 2023
Women’s Rights: A Reading List for Teens
In honor of Women's History Month, we've selected titles focusing on the lives of women and girls throughout the past and into the present day. We hope these selections serve Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 15, 2023
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
From Canadian kiddo to Marvel Universe superhero, this is the story of Simu Liu in his own words.
Posted by Adult Services on June 15, 2022
LGBTQ+ Voices & Experiences: An Adult Reading List
Celebrate Pride Month with this collection of stories from and about LGBTQ+ community members.
Posted by Adult Services on June 1, 2022
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave
Imagine you were sold into slavery as an 8 year old child. Now imagine the people that sold you were your parents. This is Shyima Hall’s truth. She worked 20 Read more...
Posted by Heidi E. on May 19, 2022
Deaf History Month List
March 13th - April 15th is Deaf History Month, and these books highlight what life is like for those with deafness. From well known historical figures to modern, every day Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on February 22, 2022
Inventors and Scientific Pioneers
Be curious about the world around you! Celebrate Kid Inventors’ Day on January 17 with these books about inventors, inventions, and pioneering scientists – all great for reading aloud. Awesome Read more...
Posted by Kristi M. on January 13, 2022
It’s Trevor Noah: Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood
Trevor Noah is known in the USA as the host of The Daily Show since 2015, but this book tells the story of his youth. Trevor Noah grew up in Read more...
Posted by Heidi E. on December 2, 2021
Women’s History Month: A Reading List for Children and Families
In honor of Women's History Month, we've selected titles focusing on the lives of women and girls throughout the past and into the present day. We hope these selections serve Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 8, 2021
Black History Month: A Reading list for Grade School
Celebrate Black History Month with books by Black authors and writing focusing on Black characters, history, and culture. We hope these selections serve to educate and encourage a dialogue on Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on February 10, 2021
Human Rights: A Reading List for Children & Families
We hope these selections serve to educate and encourage a dialogue on human rights, which are needs and freedoms considered essential to human flourishing, such as the right to education Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on January 18, 2021
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences: A Reading List for Adults
We hope these selections serve to educate, and encourage a dialogue on topics of immigration and displacement, as well as spotlight immigrant and refugee experiences from a variety of places, Read more...
Posted by Alex C. on August 10, 2020
Dreamers
Yuyi and her son leave Mexico and travel to the United States. They are welcomed in a language not yet their own and have to learn and discover many new Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on July 2, 2020
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
The Galvins were a family of 14, living in rural middle america after the end of World War II. They believed that a hard working Christian family that aspired to Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on May 30, 2020
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court
An inspiring memoir for young readers by one of basketball’s greatest players, Becoming Kareem is not just for sports fans. This 2021 Rebecca Caudill award nominee and NY Times Bestseller Read more...
Posted by Kristi M. on May 14, 2020
Celebrating The Beatles
Our May 13th program of Beatlemania! had to be cancelled due to the library being closed. Please enjoy these Beatles resources available through our Digital Branch. How the Beatles Changed Read more...
Posted by Alex C. on May 13, 2020
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code
This book begins with Grace Hopper as a young girl who breaks clocks simply to put them back together and find what makes them tick. With her parents’ support, she Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 4, 2020
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay Haring
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing is the story of the world famous pop artist. Written by his sister Kay Haring, the picture book takes a look at Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on January 2, 2020
Out of the Silence: After the Crash by Eduardo Strauch
It was the stillness of the mountain that invaded Eduardo Strauch’s mind, body and soul, making him unable to talk about his survival of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on November 19, 2019
Mary, Who Wrote Frankenstein
Bailey captures Mary’s unique spirit as she answers the question, “How does a story begin?” The gothic-style illustrations that Sardà creates sets a wonderful tone for the story, without appearing Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on September 5, 2019
First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great
For over a century, immigrants and refugees from around the world have made important contributions to the United States in areas such as politics, sports, entertainment, art, and science. From Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on February 7, 2019
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Throughout history, black women – from virtual unknowns to luminaries – have been leading the way in medicine, law, the arts, sports and more, but they have not always been Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on January 19, 2019
Yes Please
In this autobiographical audiobook, Amy Poehler talks directly to you, the listener. She speaks honestly and openly of her life, time travels us back to her youth, discusses how she Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on December 4, 2018
Lincoln in the Bardo
Amidst the rising tensions of the Civil War, President Lincoln is dealing with more than the state of the country; his son Willie caught something akin to typhoid fever and Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on August 25, 2018
The Boiling River
While the author touches on the science, this is not the book's main focus. Instead, he examines how many different groups influence and are influenced by the boiling river.
Posted by Book Rex on July 26, 2018
Bossypants
Tina Fey is a powerhouse of the writer/actor/comedian/producer variety, and now her deadpan snark finds itself on the page in her memoir, Bossypants.
Posted by Book Rex on June 30, 2018
Natural Disasters: I Cover Them. I Am One.
The weather around us can cause horrific disasters – tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, and so much more. For television meteorologists like Ginger Zee, all these situations are a challenge: to present Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on March 23, 2018
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women pictures the life of William Marston, psychologist and creator of the Wonder Woman superhero comic books. In 1928, Professor Marston taught Psychology at Radcliffe Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 23, 2018
Real Artists Have Day Jobs (And Other Awesome Things They Didn’t Teach You in School)
A collection of 52 essays from comedian Sara Benincasa about some lessons she’s learned the hard way. Some of the essays she writes are things we know about already: life Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on February 21, 2018
Make Your Bed
Will making your bed every morning help you change the world? Perhaps not, but it does have the potential to improve your life. In this little book, Retired Admiral William Read more...
Posted by on December 19, 2017
Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale
The author of this book, Belle Yang, writes the story of her father’s family here. She returned home after college, and again after spending three years in China, her ancestral Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on October 14, 2017
Gizelle’s Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog
Trying to find an affordable apartment in Manhattan can be a challenge, even for a resident New Yorker. For 25 year old Lauren Watt, relocating from Nashville to the Big Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on July 19, 2017
Radiant Child
This richly textured biography shows more than how an artist came to be, but also how he works, creates, and embodies the beauty around us all.
Posted by Book Rex on June 29, 2017
March
March is a trilogy of graphic novels by Congressman John Lewis. The series tells the story of the freedom marches that lead to the desegregation of the south and the Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on April 13, 2017
I Dissent
The story shines most when showing both girls and boys what it looks like to have strength, determination, and grace in the face of adversity: specifically, Ruth's moments in court. Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on December 4, 2016
For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai’s Story
Famous teen activist for children's and women's rights, Malala Yousafzai, didn't just fall into activism, she was thrust into it. In a show of defiance, Malala attended school in the Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on September 10, 2016
Anything but Ordinary Addie : the True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic
The shared history of magic and showmanship has long included the stories of men, most famously Harry Houdini and PT Barnum, but some readers may be surprised to know that Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on September 10, 2016
We Should Hang Out Sometime
Each relationship is presented in three parts –the backstory, the hypothesis, and the investigation – and hilarious charts and diagrams accompany each pseudo-scientific relationship analysis. Josh may have struck out Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on September 10, 2016